The Perdue Premium Meat Company has recalled nearly a quarter of a million pounds of its ham and pepperoni products due to possible contamination.
Federal food inspectors have asked Perdue Meat Company to remove all of its ham and pepperoni products from store shelves due to possible Listeria contamination.
According to the U.S. Department of Agricultural Food Safety and Inspection Services, recalled products, produced on multiple dates and containing multiple different labels, all contain the same establishment number that consumers can find within the USDA mark of inspection. The code or number to look for is EST. M10125.
Approximately 234,391 pounds of the fully cooked ham and pepperoni products are under recall, which was issued by Alexander & Hornung, a Michigan company, and part of the Perdue Meat Company.
The recall applies to 17 products, from various types of smoked ham to bone-in ham fillets and pepperoni. They were shipped to retail locations across the country and have on-sale dates ranging between December 2021 and May 2022.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that thus far there have been no reports of people having adverse reactions to meat products; however, food contaminated with L monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can cause fever, muscle aches and headaches and usually begins with the gastrointestinal system and diarrhea.
To see if you have any of these products on your refrigerator, just click HERE for a complete list of all recalled items.
If you have any questions about the products in this recall, you can call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-674-6854 or use their live chat feature any day of the week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M. At 6 p. M.
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